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Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia collumbiana
Haircap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii
* Creek Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera
California Hazel: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Sumac: Rhus glabra
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.
* Field Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis
* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus
* Oniongrass: Melica sp.
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata
Cat Tails: Typha latifolia
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii
Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum (var. grandiflorum ?) - Past bloom.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.
* Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum
False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule
* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
White False Hellebore: Veratrum (californicum var. caudatum ?)
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (var. douglasii ?) - Past bloom.
* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum (var. leianthemum ?) - Both cream and yellow-flowered forms.
* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum - In bud.
* Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?)
Sulphur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. - In bud.
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Past bloom.
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana - Beginning to bloom.
Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana
* Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Bitter Wintercress: Barbarea vulgaris
* Black-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens
* Danglepod Rockcress: Boechera pendulocarpa
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
* Jim Hill Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.
* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica
Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum (L. bulbifera) - Past bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum - Blooming on Bethel Ridge.
* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Past bloom.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Past bloom.
* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum - Still blooming on Bethel Ridge.
* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor
Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana (var. ?)
* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii
Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
* Cascade Mountain-ash: Sorbus scopulina
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ? or * Bingen Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. subsaccatus
* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Blooming atop Bethel Ridge.
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom atop Bethel Ridge.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Streambank Globemallow: Iliamna rivularis
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom.
* White-stemmed Mentzelia: Mentzelia albicaulis
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum - In bud.
Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (formerly L. triternatum)
* Large-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fading out of bloom on Bethel Ridge.
Fern-leaved Desert Parsley, Chocolate Tips: Lomatium multifidum
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Mature fruits.
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Desert Shootingstar: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.
* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis
* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria
* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata
* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Still in bloom on Bethel Ridge.
* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Blooming high on north-facing slopes along Oak Creek.
Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora - Past bloom.
Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.
* Lineleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small-flowered species on scablands.
Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora
Western Horsemint: Agastache occidentalis
* Purple Sage: Salvia dorii
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Still blooming atop Bethel Ridge.
* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri
* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richarsonii
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon uniflorum
Cleavers: Galium aparine
Twinleaf Bedstraw: Galium bifolium
* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
* Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa
* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Begining to bloom.
Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. vaccinioides (S. oreophilus)
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.
Stoloniferous Everlasting: Antennaria flagellaris
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula
Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (var. ludoviciana ?)
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. tridentata ?)
Threetip Sagebrush: Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri
* Silvercrown Luina: Cacaliopsis nardosmia
Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
* Hawksbeard: Crepis - Greenish foliage.
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus (var. ?)
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum
Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis ?
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus - Past bloom.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - In bloom high on Bethel Ridge.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - In bud.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Red-tailed Hawks
Turkey Vultures
Ruffed Grouse - booming in forest near the observatory.
Ravens
Lewis' Woodpeckers
American Robins
Spotted Towhees
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos